CN2218033Y - Improved multi-stage blowing chaff and broken rice separator - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to an improved multi-stage blowing chaff and broken rice separator used for separating chaff and broken rice or similar materials in the rice processing. The utility model is mainly composed of a distributing sedimentation chamber, a rough-selection chamber, a precise-selection chamber, a storage pipe and a cleaning mechanism. Materials to be separated go through the process of six times of distribution, three times of rough-selection and precise-selection, one time of sedimentation and inverse time cleaning under the action of the controllable air-stream by making use of the differences of the physical characteristics, such as the density, the graininess, the elastic property, the inertia, the suspension velocity, etc., so that the thorough separation of two kinds of materials can be realized.
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The utility model relates to a kind of modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator, is to be used for the special equipment that rice processing separates with rice crushed rices (comprise whole rice, crack rice) rice bran, and it also can be used for the separation of other similar material.
On June 20th, 1989, the inventor has proposed a kind of shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator, the patent No. is: 89212605.1 (seeing the public plate of Chinese patent " utility model " nineteen ninety the 6th volume), and it has many advantages and strong point than chaff crushed rices separation equipment in the past; But, also show in some aspects still defectiveness through the utilizations in several years.As aspect the separative efficiency, certain wind selecting separator of Japan, its separative efficiency 〉=98% contains crushed rices≤1% in the chaff, contain chaff≤2% in the crushed rices.In addition, as chaff crushed rices separation equipment, because the viscosity between separated rice bran medium is very big; Especially easier bonding when high velocity impact.So when separation equipment must be cleared up after operation a period of time.Because original equipment does not have suitable cleaning mechanism, operating personnel are reluctant in time to clear up; After causing the operation quite a while, have to stop production because of obstruction and carry out not only bothersome but also time-consuming big cleaning, influence effective utilization of separation equipment.
The purpose of the present utility model is: both kept the advantage of former shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator, absorbed the same category of device strong point, further improved the separative efficiency of chaff crushed rices; Simultaneously improve its corresponding construction again, it is more simple and convenient that cleaning is safeguarded, subtracts kind operator's working environment and intensity, improves the equipment operating efficiency.
This modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator, the dominant ideas of its design are to utilize rice bran and the difference of rice crushed rices on physical properties such as density, granularity, surface roughness, inertia, floating velocity, under the effect of controllable air flow, adopt suitable shunting and multistage pneumatic separation combination technique, by the thorough separation of shunting for six times, roughly selecting for three times, triple cleaning, a sedimentation realizing two kinds of materials.
The utility model main body is the steel plate structure of three frustum pipes of a polyhedron band, mainly by divided flow settling chamber A, roughing chamber 19, Selected Room 20, storing pipe 21, with compositions such as cleaning mechanisms, it is characterized in that on the horizontal direction in the A of divided flow settling chamber that step is provided with six shunting zones and a decanting zone successively, be provided with in divided flow settling chamber A bottom with three covers simultaneously and cooperate identical three mouths that communicate of the device of forming by roughing chamber one Selected Room one storing pipe, and at above-mentioned divided flow settling chamber A and roughing chamber 19, be equipped with cleaning mechanism in the Selected Room 20, on the wallboard of the front and back of divided flow settling chamber, have several glass peepholes, form one thus and have six shuntings, a sedimentation, roughly select for three times, triple cleaning, Qing Li main body repeatedly.
Indoor in described divided flow settling, be provided with arc-shaped guide plate 2, arc-shaped guide plate 6, arc-shaped guide plate 7, arc-shaped guide plate 10, arc-shaped guide plate 11, arc-shaped guide plate 44, arc-shaped guide plate 47, waveform guide plate 3, two linear guide plates 46,17, and set up two and overlap cleaning mechanisms, the divided flow settling chamber is separated into six shunting zones and a decanting zone, its concrete structure is that described arc-shaped guide plate 2 upper ends and import 1 top smoothly coincide, and it is adjacent that up about 20mm in lower end and waveform are led phase-plate 3 left ends; This waveform guide plate 3 first wave from left to right is along arc-shaped guide plate 6 starting the arc of being located at its underpart, and first top of the waves is positioned arc-shaped guide plate 6 arcs top and takes back; Its second wave is along arc-shaped guide plate 10 starting the arc, and second top of the waves is positioned arc-shaped guide plate 10 arcs top and takes back; The right-hand member of waveform guide plate 3 smoothly coincide at distance import about 200mm place and upper cover plate 14 lower planes, arc-shaped guide plate 47 upper ends and import 1 bottom smoothly coincide, the lower end links to each other with linear guide plate 46 upper ends, and these linear guide plate 46 lower ends and I roughing chamber 19 left end tops smoothly coincide; Arc-shaped guide plate 44 left ends and 19 right-hand member tops, I number thick chamber smoothly coincide, and right-hand member and II roughing chamber 19 left end tops smoothly coincide; Arc-shaped guide plate 44 left ends and II roughing chamber 19 right-hand member tops smoothly coincide, right-hand member and III roughing chamber 19 left end tops smoothly coincide, linear guide plate 17 lower ends and III roughing chamber 19 right-hand member tops smoothly coincide, the upper end smoothly coincide with outlet 16 bottoms, arc-shaped guide plate 6, arc-shaped guide plate 7, form a splayed, be placed between first wave and arc-shaped guide plate 44 of waveform guide plate 3, on this splayed combination arc plate with, spacing between following waveform guide plate 3 and the arc-shaped guide plate 44 is the shape that narrows down gradually from left to right, arc-shaped guide plate 10, arc-shaped guide plate 11 is formed a crescent shape, be placed between second wave and arc-shaped guide plate 44 of waveform guide plate 3, on the crescent shape combination arc plate, be the shape that narrows down gradually from left to right apart from spacing between waveform guide plate 3 and the arc-shaped guide plate 44 down; In this diffluence room the front and back width of all guide plates all with the width B of divided flow settling chamber
1Identical.For the ease of cleaning, surface at arc-shaped guide plate 6, arc-shaped guide plate 7, arc-shaped guide plate 10, arc-shaped guide plate 11, arc-shaped guide plate 44 and a linear guide plate 17 of the easiest bonding rice bran is equipped with the cleaning scraper, and promptly correspondence is being provided with splayed scraper 5, crescent scraper 9, flexagon scraper 18; Be equipped with pull bar 4 and handle 38 on these scrapers.
In the described roughing chamber 19, it is about one corresponding that its funnel-form top is equipped with, but but not of uniform size and the air inlet 33 of air register 32 is housed; Be provided with the cleaning mechanism of being made up of handle 38 and flexagon scraper 18 in the air inlet on its right, its funnel left side portion is provided with a cleaning and observes door 24, and the funnel-form end opening smoothly is communicated with corresponding Selected Room upper inlet respectively.
Insert the selected cleaning mechanism of tower shape that to make front-rear reciprocation movement in the described Selected Room respectively, below this selected mechanism, be provided with a pair of collector plate 34, be provided with the air inlet 33 of two band dampers 32 in collector plate 34 downside correspondences; The selected cleaning mechanism of described tower shape is that 6～8 selected 25 of being arranged by the tower shape by left-right symmetry connects handle 49 through one and constitute, and the following outlet of described Selected Room links to each other with corresponding storing pipe 21.
Described storing pipe, its left and right sides, middle part correspondence is being provided with glass and is observing door 30, and its underpart outlet is provided with pressure door 29, is provided with the screw rod 27 of ram on the pressure door.
Modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator according to above conceptual design is compared with existing domestic and international various kinds of equipment, has the following advantages: the one, and technological effect is good and stable: separative efficiency 〉=99%, contain crushed rices≤0.5% in the chaff, contain chaff≤1% in the crushed rices.Technic index is better than greatly from the same category of device of Japan's introduction, and be the lifetime of equipment normal working hours.
Two because the cleaning mechanism of this separator is simple, and the laid-up that must not stop production can alleviate operator's labour intensity, can guarantee that again all are easily cleared up at bonding rice bran place in good time, so can exempt thorough repair, improves utilization rate.
Three had structurally both save steelframe, also saved internal interface connection-peg and axle, made all guide plates be smooth excessiveness, so not only alleviated complete machine weight, and the material running resistance is reduced, and cut down the consumption of energy.
Accompanying drawing 1 is the utility model structural representation;
Accompanying drawing 2 is looked cutaway view for the utility model left side.
Each partial structure respectively claims as follows among the figure: 1, import 2, arc-shaped guide plate 3, waveform guide plate 4, pull bar 5, splayed scraper 6, arc-shaped guide plate 7, arc-shaped guide plate 8, observe door 9, the crescent scraper, 10, arc-shaped guide plate 11, arc-shaped guide plate 13, suspension ring 14, upper cover plate 15, front and back wallboard 16, outlet 17, linear guide plate 18, flexagon scraper 19, roughing chamber 20, Selected Room 21, storing pipe 24, observe door 25, selected 27, screw rod 29, pressure door 30, observe door 32, but air register 33, shutter 34, collector plate 38, handle 44, arc-shaped guide plate 46, linear guide plate 47, arc-shaped guide plate 49, connect handle
Now in conjunction with the accompanying drawings that the course of work statement of this utility model is as follows:
When chaff crushed rices mixture with certain speed with air-flow when import 1 enters, material is made the arc tangential motion along arc-shaped guide plate 2, entering shunting zone on low wind speed preceding under the inertia, gravity effect of itself, carry out the shunting first time at arc-shaped guide plate 6 left end front upper parts, this moment, material was divided into two: account for 40% density and the less material of floating velocity of material total amount, move right along arc guide plate 6 and waveform guide plate 3 folded air channels.Because this air channel is turned right narrower and narrower, to first top of the waves of waveform guide plate, wind speed adds to maximum, and the function of material is also maximum.After crossing first top of the waves, material enters wind speed and goes up shunting zone in reducing suddenly, in the anterior shunting of arc-shaped guide plate 10 left ends: account for bigger rice crushed rices of the density floating velocity of material total amount 3% and rice bran partly.Under the effect of inertia, gravity, pass the passageway of arc-shaped guide plate 6 and 10 and pour II roughing chamber 22, having got rid of partly, the material of rice crushed rices continues to move right along the waveform guide plate 3 folded air channels of arc-shaped guide plate 10, because this air channel is turned right narrower and narrower, second top of the waves to waveform guide plate 3, wind speed adds to maximum, and the kinetic energy of material is also maximum.After crossing second top of the waves, material enters the back upward shunting zone shunting that wind speed reduces suddenly.The small rice crushed rices of carrying secretly once in a while that accounts for material total amount 1% is under the effect of inertia, gravity, directly pour the III roughing chamber, got rid of the material that accounts for material total amount 36% of last rice crushed rices, following parabolic shape [the parabola summit is near III roughing chamber 19] is passed the decanting zone and is discharged from exporting 16.If also be entrained with a meter crushed rices this moment once in a while, also will in the extremely low decanting zone of wind speed, break away from the material main flow from following parabola summit, sink to falling into III roughing chamber 19; The chaff crushed rices mixture following shunting zone before the preceding bottom of arc-shaped guide plate 6 left ends that accounts for material total amount 60% is shunted once more: wherein, the material that accounts for material total amount 35% directly enters by arc-shaped guide plate 44 and 7 folded air channels; In addition 25% material is roughly selected under the comprehensive function of left and right corresponding 33 the air intake power of air inlet that are provided with in bottom of left and right corresponding 33 air intake power of air inlet that are provided with in I roughing chamber top and I Selected Room 20 entering I roughing chamber 19 under the effect of inertia, gravity: the rice crushed rices that density and floating velocity are bigger down enters I Selected Room 20; The less material of density and floating velocity continues toward right motion, enter arc-shaped guide plate 44 and 7 folded air channels, the material that enters I Selected Room 20 rolls, collides at selected tower place, and the rice bran of carrying secretly is wherein sent into the I roughing chamber by blowback under the up wind-force effect of Selected Room; Through roughly select, the thick crushed rices that accounts for material total amount 16% after selected (comprise whole rice and crack rice) enters I storing pipe 21; Store up a certain amount of after, slowly discharge through pressure door 29 from this pipe automatically.How much controlling of reserves by ram, and can observe door 30 from glass and observe; The material of most meter crushed rices that accounted for getting rid of of material total amount 44% enters by the folded air channel of arc-shaped guide plate 44 and arc-shaped guide plate 7.Because this road is turned right narrower and narrower, to arc-shaped guide plate 7 right-hand members, wind speed adds to maximum, and the kinetic energy of material is also maximum.After crossing arc-shaped guide plate 7 right-hand members, material enter that wind speed reduces suddenly in shunting zone shunting down: account for the bigger rice crushed rices of the density of material total amount 5% and floating velocity and partly rice bran enter II roughing chamber 19 by inertia, therefrom going up the material that accounts for material total amount 3% that shunting zone sweeps away merges under the comprehensive function of wind-force of the wind-force of two ends, the left and right sides, II roughing chamber 19 top air inlet and II Selected Room 20 and roughly selects, enter again II Selected Room 20 carry out selected, through roughly selecting, 4% the middle crushed rices (comprise and cracking rice) that accounts for the material total amount after selected enters II storing pipe 21.Store up and slowly discharge through pressure door from this pipe automatically after a certain amount of, the material that accounts for material total amount 43% that has got rid of most meters crushed rices enters by arc-shaped guide plate 4 and 11 folded air channels.Because the air channel is turned right narrower and narrower, when material arrived arc-shaped guide plate 11 right-hand members, wind speed added to maximum, and the kinetic energy of material is also maximum.After crossing arc-shaped guide plate 11 right-hand members, material enters the back shunting down that wind speed reduces suddenly: density and floating velocity are bigger, account for the rice crushed rices and the rice bran of material total amount 1% and sweep away material and converge from back upward shunting zone, entering III roughing chamber 19 roughly selects, entering III Selected Room 20 again carries out selected, through roughly select, the little crushed rices that accounts for material total amount 1% after selected enters III storing pipe, store up and slowly discharge from this pipe pressure door automatically after a certain amount of; Dimension after removing crushed rices repeatedly accounts for the pure rice bran of material total amount 43% and converges from the back pure rice bran of going up shunting zone, discharges from exporting 16 along linear guide plate 17.
By with, finished shunting, the overall process of selection by winnowing has reached final purpose of the present utility model.(above narration be that 21% o'clock detection data be foundation to contain crushed rices in the chaff in the inlet feed).
The operator can see through glass observation door and observe materials inside and the long-pending situation of vertebra in the use, and can and then regulate each interval air quantity or spur the push rod cleaning and amass chaff according to these situation dampers.
This equipment can be according to different output design or different size.
Therefore this equipment is described in detail on, admittedly omit embodiment.
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1, a kind of modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator is made up of divided flow settling chamber A, roughing chamber (19), Selected Room (20), storing pipe (21) and cleaning mechanism, it is characterized in that on the horizontal direction in the A of divided flow settling chamber that step is provided with six shunting zones and a decanting zone successively, be provided with three interfaces in divided flow settling chamber A bottom simultaneously, and through this interface and three covers---Selected Room---storing pipe cooperates the device form to communicate by roughing chamber, and be equipped with cleaning mechanism in (20) at above-mentioned divided flow settling chamber A and roughing chamber (19), Selected Room; Form one thus and have six shuntings, a sedimentation, roughly select for three times, triple cleaning, repeatedly the cleaning main body.
2, modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator according to claim 1, what it is characterized in that divided flow settling chamber A is separated into six shunting zones and a decanting zone is eight arc-shaped guide plates (2) of being located in the A of this divided flow settling chamber, arc-shaped guide plate (6), arc-shaped guide plate (7), arc-shaped guide plate (10), arc-shaped guide plate (11), arc-shaped guide plate (44), arc-shaped guide plate (47), a waveform guide plate (3), two linear guide plates (46), (17), and set up two in it and overlap cleaning mechanisms, its concrete structure is that described arc-shaped guide plate (2) upper end smoothly coincide with import (1) top, and the up about 20mm in lower end is adjacent with waveform guide plate (3) left end; This waveform guide plate (3) first wave from left to right is along the arc-shaped guide plate of being located at its underpart (6) starting the arc, first top of the waves is positioned arc-shaped guide plate (6) arc top and takes back, its second wave is along arc-shaped guide plate (10) starting the arc, and second top of the waves is positioned arc-shaped guide plate (10) arc top and takes over; The right-hand member of waveform guide plate (3) is smoothly coincideing apart from outlet (16) 200mm place and upper cover plate (14) lower plane, arc-shaped guide plate (47) upper end smoothly coincide with import (1) bottom, the lower end links to each other with linear guide plate (46) upper end, this linear guide plate (46) lower end and I roughing chamber (19) left end top smoothly coincide, arc-shaped guide plate (44) left end and I roughing chamber (19) right-hand member top smoothly coincide, and right-hand member and roughing chamber (19) left end top smoothly coincide; Arc-shaped guide plate (44) left end and II roughing chamber (22) right-hand member top smoothly coincide, and right-hand member and III roughing chamber (19) left end top smoothly coincide; Linear guide plate (17) lower end and III roughing chamber (19) right-hand member top smoothly coincide, the upper end smoothly coincide with outlet (16) bottom, arc-shaped guide plate (6,7) is combined into a splayed, be placed between first wave and arc-shaped guide plate (44) of waveform guide plate (3), the spacing between this splayed combination arc plate upper and lower and waveform guide plate (3) and the arc-shaped guide plate (44) is the shape that narrows down gradually from left to right; Arc-shaped guide plate (10,11) is formed crescent shape combination arc plate, be placed between second wave and arc-shaped guide plate (44) of waveform guide plate (3), the upper and lower spacing between waveform guide plate (3) and arc-shaped guide plate (44) of its crescent shape compoboard is the shape that narrows down gradually from left to right; The front and back width of indoor all guide plates all insied width B1 with the divided flow settling chamber is identical, for ease of cleaning, surface at six arc-shaped guide plates (6), arc-shaped guide plate (7), arc-shaped guide plate (10), arc-shaped guide plate (11), arc-shaped guide plate (44) and a linear guide plate (17) of the easiest bonding rice bran is equipped with the cleaning scraper, i.e. splayed scraper (5), crescent scraper (9), the flexagon scraper (18) of relative set; Be equipped with pull bar (4) and handle (38) on described these scrapers.
3, according to claim 1 and 2 described modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separators, it is characterized in that its funnel-form body top is equipped with about one correspondences in the described roughing chamber (19), it is but not of uniform size and but the air inlet (33) of air register (32) is housed, be provided with the cleaning mechanism of forming by handle (38), flexagon scraper (18) in the air inlet on its right, its funnel-form body left side portion is provided with a cleaning and observes door (24), and the funnel-form end opening smoothly is communicated with corresponding Selected Room upper inlet respectively.
4, according to claim 1 and 3 described modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separators, it is characterized in that inserting respectively in the described Selected Room (20) the selected cleaning mechanism of tower shape that can make front-rear reciprocation movement, below this selected cleaning mechanism, be provided with a pair of collector plate (34), be provided with the air inlet (33) of two band dampers (32) in collector plate (34) downside correspondence, the selected cleaning mechanism of described tower shape is to be made of through a connection handle 6～8 selected (25) that left-right symmetry is arranged by the tower shape; The following outlet of described Selected Room is continuous with corresponding storing pipe (21).
5, modified shunting multistage pneumatic separation formula rice bran-brewer separator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described storing pipe (21) in the middle the left and right sides correspondence glass be set observing door (30), its underpart outlet is provided with pressure door (29), is provided with the screw rod (27) of ram on the pressure door.
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